I don't know Rain, she might be a little bit too sassy for some red hat wearers.... ;-)

Martha's story: She recommended a book to a student. 24 hours later, the student's mother attacked her at a board meeting. Now she's helping librarians across the country fight back. This episode matters.

It's National Library Workers Day. We made a special episode with @sassylibrarian.bsky.social, one of the librarians from the PBS documentary "The Librarians." She's fighting book bans. Listen now.

i’m losing it dolly parton’s imagination library helping kids read and now states are messing with funding over book bans like seriously who thought this was a good idea, what are we doing here?
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wow just wow sandra cisneros out here still having to talk about censorship in 2026 like we learned nothing, why are books still the enemy here?

Call to action! pushing back matters, can we show up and make some noise together? glaad.org/take-action-...

Nashville librarian fired for refusing to comply with book ban Recently, a beloved librarian from Nashville was fired for refusing to comply with her county library board’s vote to remove more than 100 books covering LGBTQ+ related topics from the children’s…

nashville fires a librarian for refusing to pull 100+ books like are you kidding me right now, doing your job and standing up for access gets you fired?? what would you have done

The Trump administration ripped up civil rights agreements. Could it spark a chain reaction for schools? Conservatives say the federal government is finally interpreting Title IX correctly. But some legal experts say tearing up old agreements is not only virtually unprecedented — it could have a…

ending title ix agreements that could protect against book bans and i’m over it, so fewer ways to fight censorship now?? where is this heading seriously

A Bit of Good News: 3 Book Ban Bills Defeated in Florida PEN America has shown up each legislative session with a goal: to push back against censorship in our schools, colleges, and universities.

florida advocates actually blocked multiple book ban bills and get outta here this rare win feels unreal, but why was one official almost given that much power in the first place thoughts

Penguin Random House Urges U.S. Congress to Reject Republican Book Banning Bill "The bill creates strong incentives for schools to remove or avoid a wide range of books and materials," wrote PRH SVP Skip Dye in a letter to lawmakers, adding that, if passed, the law would also…

penguin random house literally telling congress reject this bill and you’ve got to be kidding, when publishers are begging lawmakers to stop maybe listen?? what do you think happens next

Federal book ban bill advances, Drawing widespread opposition from the public - The Educators Room A federal bill restricting materials deemed “sexually oriented” in schools, has advanced in the House and sparked widespread opposition.

another federal bill pushing book bans nationwide and 100+ orgs are like stop and honestly wtf is going on, censor race and lgbtq stories everywhere?? who thought this was a good idea

Bravery in the Fight Against Censorship I had the honor a few years ago of serving on the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee, administered by the Association of Jewish Libraries, an affiliate of ALA. Sydney Taylor was the author of the All-of-a-Kind...

i’m over it, books with diverse religious and cultural voices keep getting targeted like that’s the problem, who exactly benefits from erasing stories seriously thoughts

Penguin Random House Urges U.S. Congress to Reject Republican Book Banning Bill "The bill creates strong incentives for schools to remove or avoid a wide range of books and materials," wrote PRH SVP Skip Dye in a letter to lawmakers, adding that, if passed, the law would also…

holy crap, now there’s a federal push to ban books nationwide over vague “sexual content” and publishers are begging congress to stop it, how is this even on the table what do you think

District school boards are often the center of controversy. What do they actually do? Research shows that nearly 40% of school board elections go uncontested

no freaking way, voters just flipped school boards over book bans across multiple states, guess people aren’t loving censorship after all😃 huh what changed here

Standing Up for Freedom: Kurt Vonnegut's Unyielding Defense Against Book Censorship In 1973, acclaimed author Kurt Vonnegut penned a powerful letter in response to the burning of his book, 'Slaughterhouse-Five,' at Drake High School in North Dakota. The piece delves into this…

honestly, vonnegut’s letter on book burning still hits, it’s a reminder that stories matter and losing them costs more than we think, kinda makes you pause right what stands out to you

'Just don't look': Amazon warehouse worker dies on the job in Oregon. Employees were told to keep working for an hour as the body stayed put Amazon said misinformation was circulating about the incident and offered Moneywise a different account.

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Reading The Grapes of Wrath and realizing… this isn’t just history.
When profit matters more than people, anger builds.
And eventually? People push back. 🔥🚒

we were floored!

ha! klanned karenhood 😆

What the appellate court got wrong about Iowa's school book ban Ed Tibbetts: The movement to control what kids can read doesn’t have anything to do with literary merit. Or even decency.

this is messed up, iowa courts admit the law is confusing but still let it pull 3400 books like slaughterhouse five, so confusion is fine now what am i missing

new episode of banned camp dropped. a comedy podcast that reads banned books aloud and explores why they're banned. this season: catcher in the rye. today chapter 18 — two goofballs read it first time. search banned camp podcast.

new episode of Banned Camp dropped. a comedy podcast where we read banned books aloud and try to figure out why they're banned.this season: the catcher in the rye. follow along as two goofballs read it for the first time. today: chapter 18. Search Banned Camp podcast.

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an appeals court just backed iowa in a book ban case so yeah this isn’t slowing down… no freaking way how are bans getting legal support now who thought this was a good idea?

NEW - 4/14/26

you always knew they'd cry on camera and do nothing.

this chapter of catcher in the rye nails Trump's whole act.

click to listen. no app needed. 👉 bannedcamppodcast.com/phonies

if you're done watching Trump pretend to care, repost this.

Jacksonville group challenges Jodi Picoult, Stephen King books in Duval County Schools A Jacksonville group has challenged three books—two by Jodi Picoult and one by Stephen King—in Duval County Schools, citing state law violations. Group member Blake Harper emphasized the procedural…

a group in florida is trying to pull books by jodi picoult and stephen king from schools… like really, again? are we just banning any author someone doesn’t like now who decides this stuff seriously?

nope. too high....

Women’s Experiences Dominated Book Bans Last Year Here’s what these banned books mean to young women across the country.

they’re disproportionately banning stories about abuse survival and identity… yeah because that totally helps kids right this is such bs who exactly benefits from erasing these experiences can someone explain?

That is such a clever point! We agree. That’s the thing though that’s what our podcast is all about. We literally read them covered to cover out loud and after 10 seasons, guess how many legit reasons we found to ban a book…

University Libraries Addresses Book Bans and Censorship Stony Brook University Libraries hosted Confronting Censorship and Battling Book Bans, which included a screening of the 2025 documentary The Librarians.

librarians are literally getting harassed and called groomers for letting kids read books… like seriously? i can’t even how did we get here and why are libraries suddenly a battleground anyone else confused?

candidate signs moms for liberty pledge like parental rights not negotiable this is messed up when it keeps turning into pulling books from schools who decides what kids can read seriously